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Anomocora coral (no English common name)
Anomocora elongata
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 1593008, checked 2026-10-31).
Possibly present in the Maldives
- English
- Anomocora coral (no English common name)
- Scientific
- Anomocora elongata
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Hard corals
- Depth and habitat
- Reef-associated, recorded from 35 to 229 m
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)CITES Appendix II
- Record in the Maldives
- Possibly present
Description
A small, solitary or loosely colonial cup coral that lives on hard substrate in deeper water. In the Maldives it is known from specimens and literature records from deep water, below normal diving depth. It is told apart from related species only by close examination of the skeleton.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: SeaLifeBase Maldives checklist. Only one kind of evidence was found, so it is listed as possibly present.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Anomocora-elongata.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1593008
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.